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If Port Moody residents vote in favour of allowing the city to borrow $16 million to pay for a new fire hall, homeowners could see a 3% levy added to their property tax bill this year. If they don't, it's back to the drawing board.

PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD PORT COQUITLAM Port Moody's Pleasantside Community Association is hosting an all-candidates meeting Sunday, April 17 at 7 p.m. in the Old Orchard community hall at the corner of Ioco Road and Bentley, above Old Orchard Park.

RIDING: PORT MOODY-WESTWOOD-PORT COQUITLAM MARK IRELAND,NDP The NDP has long campaigned for safe and affordable childcare for all.

Work to complete the King Edward overpass in Coquitlam is taking longer than expected and commuters should expect more road closures before the project is complete in the spring of 2012.

The Coquitlam RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating a mentally ill woman who is missing from Riverview Hospital. Linda Muriel Stephen was last seen by staff and residents at the facility at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8.

"Anytime there's excitement around a big event like this, scammers will try to take advantage of unwitting fans," says BBB president and CEO Lynda Pasacreta.

Curlers and their supporters will soon be able to stroll up a new set of stairs at Coquitlam's Poirier sports and leisure complex to view games from the second floor.

Share Family and Community Services is once again struggling to fill the shelves of its food bank and is hoping that a Spring National Food Drive campaign will help bolster donations.

A development company is using creative means to get home shoppers to buy into its new Coquitlam tower: free transit passes for a year.

The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce is hosting an all-candidates meeting for voters in the New Westminster-Coquitlam riding. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m.